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OTOH/IMHO's avatar

All true, except "The standard WSJ line — gold pays no dividend, no coupon, no yield — is true" It's not: a gold owner can write juicy out of the money future calls and pocket the premium- a hedge if gold price goes down, and added profit if it goes up and he settles by selling his gold and settling the contract.

John Galt III's avatar

The Wall Street Journal owns Barrons their weekly investment publication. They have published pro gold and silver articles for decades.

The own Fox Business on cable TV that has ads all day long for gold and silver. Gold and Silver prices are in the Chiron along woth stock indices, bonds, bitcoin etc.

0zMe's avatar

When printed newspapers and media could not be effectively capitalized online they all told pushed agenda of highest payer $. Most media hopped on green agenda money and social program pushers. Propaganda peddlers